Techniques for application time for slot format updating associated with half duplex and full duplex mode switching

ABSTRACT

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information indicating a first slot format, wherein the information indicates one or more symbols associated with a full duplex (FD) format. The UE may perform communication based on a second slot format until a time period after the reception of the information indicating the first slot format, wherein the second slot format is prior to the first slot format. The UE may perform at least one of half duplex (HD) communication or FD communication in accordance with the first slot format after the time period has elapsed. Numerous other aspects are described.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wirelesscommunication and to techniques and apparatuses for application time forslot format updating associated with half duplex and full duplex modeswitching.

DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART

Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide varioustelecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging,and broadcasts. Typical wireless communication systems may employmultiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication withmultiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth,transmit power, or the like). Examples of such multiple-accesstechnologies include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, timedivision multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multipleaccess (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access(OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access(SC-FDMA) systems, time division synchronous code division multipleaccess (TD-SCDMA) systems, and Long Term Evolution (LTE).LTE/LTE-Advanced is a set of enhancements to the Universal MobileTelecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by theThird Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

A wireless network may include one or more base stations that supportcommunication for a user equipment (UE) or multiple UEs. A UE maycommunicate with a base station via downlink communications and uplinkcommunications. “Downlink” (or “DL”) refers to a communication link fromthe base station to the UE, and “uplink” (or “UL”) refers to acommunication link from the UE to the base station.

The above multiple access technologies have been adopted in varioustelecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enablesdifferent UEs to communicate on a municipal, national, regional, and/orglobal level. NR, which may be referred to as 5G, is a set ofenhancements to the LTE mobile standard promulgated by the 3GPP. NR isdesigned to better support mobile broadband internet access by improvingspectral efficiency, lowering costs, improving services, making use ofnew spectrum, and better integrating with other open standards usingorthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with a cyclic prefix(CP) (CP-OFDM) on the downlink, using CP-OFDM and/or single-carrierfrequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) (also known as discrete Fouriertransform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM)) on the uplink, as well as supportingbeamforming, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology,and carrier aggregation. As the demand for mobile broadband accesscontinues to increase, further improvements in LTE, NR, and other radioaccess technologies remain useful.

SUMMARY

Some aspects described herein relate to a method of wirelesscommunication performed by a user equipment (UE). The method may includereceiving information indicating a first slot format, wherein theinformation indicates one or more symbols associated with a full duplex(FD) format. The method may include performing communication based on asecond slot format until a time period after the reception of theinformation indicating the first slot format, wherein the second slotformat is prior to the first slot format. The method may includeperforming at least one of half duplex (HD) communication or FDcommunication in accordance with the first slot format after the timeperiod has elapsed.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot formatincludes a slot format indicator in a group common downlink controlinformation message.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isassociated with a bandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UEdedicated downlink control information.

In some aspects, the first slot format is applied starting at a slot inwhich the information indicating the first slot format is received, theone or more symbols associated with the FD format are to be transmittedvia one or more slots that occur, in time, before the time period haselapsed, and performing the HD communication further comprises:performing the HD communication in the one or more slots based at leastin part on the time period not having elapsed.

In some aspects, the time period is associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication.

In some aspects, the time period is defined as at least one of: a firsttime period associated with a downlink control information decodingprocess, a second time period associated with uplink transmissionpreparation, a third time period associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication, or a fourth time period associated with abandwidth part switch time.

In some aspects, the time period is selected as a longest time period ofthe first time period, the second time period, the third time period, orthe fourth time period.

In some aspects, performing the communication until the time period haselapsed is in accordance with the second slot format from before theinformation indicating the first slot format was received.

In some aspects, the method includes receiving, from a base station,information configuring the time period.

In some aspects, the method includes transmitting capability informationindicating a capability relating to the FD communication, wherein thetime period is based at least in part on the capability information.

In some aspects, the capability relates to a mode switching latency foran FD mode.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured as a length oftime after receiving the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured fromtransmission of an acknowledgment associated with the informationindicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the method includes transmitting the acknowledgment,wherein the acknowledgment is a UE-specific acknowledgment for theinformation indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the method includes transmitting the acknowledgment ona resource associated with common feedback regarding the informationindicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isreceived on a carrier on which the FD communication and the HDcommunication are performed, and the time period is measured using oneof: a first subcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FDcommunication or the HD communication, or a second subcarrier spacingassociated with an uplink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isincluded in downlink control information received on a first carrier andthe FD communication and the HD communication are performed on a secondcarrier, and the time period is measured using one of: a firstsubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication orthe HD communication, a second subcarrier spacing associated with anuplink of the FD communication or the HD communication, or a thirdsubcarrier spacing of the downlink control information.

In some aspects, the time period is measured using a smallest or alargest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrier spacing, the secondsubcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Some aspects described herein relate to a method of wirelesscommunication performed by a base station. The method may includetransmitting, to a UE, information indicating a first slot format,wherein the information indicates one or more symbols associated with anFD format. The method may include performing communication based on asecond slot format until a time period after reception of theinformation indicating the first slot format by the UE, wherein thesecond slot format is prior to the first slot format. The method mayinclude performing at least one of HD communication or FD communicationin accordance with the first slot format after the time period haselapsed.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot formatincludes a slot format indicator in a group common downlink controlinformation message.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isassociated with a bandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UEdedicated downlink control information.

In some aspects, the first slot format is applied starting at a slot inwhich the information indicating the first slot format is received, theone or more symbols associated with the FD format are to be transmittedvia one or more slots that occur, in time, before the time period haselapsed, and performing the HD communication further comprises:performing the HD communication in the one or more slots based at leastin part on the time period not having elapsed.

In some aspects, the time period is associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication.

In some aspects, the time period is defined as at least one of: a firsttime period associated with a downlink control information decodingprocess, a second time period associated with uplink transmissionpreparation, a third time period associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication, or a fourth time period associated with abandwidth part switch time.

In some aspects, the time period is selected as a longest time period ofthe first time period, the second time period, the third time period, orthe fourth time period.

In some aspects, performing the HD communication until the time periodhas elapsed is in accordance with the second slot format from before theinformation indicating the first slot format was received by the UE.

In some aspects, the method includes transmitting informationconfiguring the time period.

In some aspects, the method includes receiving capability informationindicating a capability relating to the FD communication, wherein theinformation configuring the time period is based at least in part on thecapability information.

In some aspects, the capability relates to a mode switching latency foran FD mode.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured as a length oftime after receiving the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured fromtransmission of an acknowledgment associated with the informationindicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the method includes receiving the acknowledgment,wherein the acknowledgment is a UE-specific acknowledgment for theinformation indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the method includes receiving the acknowledgment on aresource associated with common feedback regarding the informationindicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format istransmitted on a carrier on which the FD communication and the HDcommunication are performed, and the time period is measured using oneof: a first subcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FDcommunication or the HD communication, or a second subcarrier spacingassociated with an uplink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isincluded in downlink control information transmitted on a first carrierand the FD communication and the HD communication are performed on asecond carrier, and the time period is measured using one of: a firstsubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication orthe HD communication, a second subcarrier spacing associated with anuplink of the FD communication or the HD communication, or a thirdsubcarrier spacing of the downlink control information.

In some aspects, the time period is measured using a smallest or alargest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrier spacing, the secondsubcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus of a UE forwireless communication. The apparatus may include a memory. Theapparatus may include one or more processors, coupled to the memory,configured to receive information indicating a first slot format, wherethe information indicates one or more symbols associated with an FDformat perform communication based on a second slot format until a timeperiod after the reception of the information indicating the first slotformat, where the second slot format is prior to the first slot formatperform at least one of HD communication or FD communication inaccordance with the first slot format after the time period has elapsed.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot formatincludes a slot format indicator in a group common downlink controlinformation message.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isassociated with a bandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UEdedicated downlink control information.

In some aspects, the first slot format is applied starting at a slot inwhich the information indicating the first slot format is received, theone or more symbols associated with the FD format are to be transmittedvia one or more slots that occur, in time, before the time period haselapsed, and performing the HD communication further comprises: performthe HD communication in the one or more slots based at least in part onthe time period not having elapsed.

In some aspects, the time period is associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication.

In some aspects, the time period is defined as at least one of: a firsttime period associated with a downlink control information decodingprocess, a second time period associated with uplink transmissionpreparation, a third time period associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication, or a fourth time period associated with abandwidth part switch time.

In some aspects, the time period is selected as a longest time period ofthe first time period, the second time period, the third time period, orthe fourth time period.

In some aspects, performing the communication until the time period haselapsed is in accordance with the second slot format from before theinformation indicating the first slot format was received.

In some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured toreceive, from a base station, information configuring the time period.

In some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured totransmit capability information indicating a capability relating to theFD communication, wherein the time period is based at least in part onthe capability information.

In some aspects, the capability relates to a mode switching latency foran FD mode.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured as a length oftime after receiving the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured fromtransmission of an acknowledgment associated with the informationindicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured totransmit the acknowledgment, wherein the acknowledgment is a UE-specificacknowledgment for the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured totransmit the acknowledgment on a resource associated with commonfeedback regarding the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isreceived on a carrier on which the FD communication and the HDcommunication are performed, and the time period is measured using oneof: a first subcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FDcommunication or the HD communication, or a second subcarrier spacingassociated with an uplink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isincluded in downlink control information received on a first carrier andthe FD communication and the HD communication are performed on a secondcarrier, and the time period is measured using one of: a firstsubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication orthe HD communication, a second subcarrier spacing associated with anuplink of the FD communication or the HD communication, or a thirdsubcarrier spacing of the downlink control information.

In some aspects, the time period is measured using a smallest or alargest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrier spacing, the secondsubcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus of a base stationfor wireless communication. The apparatus may include a memory. Theapparatus may include one or more processors, coupled to the memory,configured to transmit, to a UE, information indicating a first slotformat, where the information indicates one or more symbols associatedwith an FD format perform communication based on a second slot formatuntil a time period after reception of the information indicating thefirst slot format by the UE, where the second slot format is prior tothe first slot format perform at least one of HD communication or FDcommunication in accordance with the first slot format after the timeperiod has elapsed.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot formatincludes a slot format indicator in a group common downlink controlinformation message.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isassociated with a bandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UEdedicated downlink control information.

In some aspects, the first slot format is applied starting at a slot inwhich the information indicating the first slot format is received, theone or more symbols associated with the FD format are to be transmittedvia one or more slots that occur, in time, before the time period haselapsed, and performing the HD communication further comprises: performthe HD communication in the one or more slots based at least in part onthe time period not having elapsed.

In some aspects, the time period is associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication.

In some aspects, the time period is defined as at least one of: a firsttime period associated with a downlink control information decodingprocess, a second time period associated with uplink transmissionpreparation, a third time period associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication, or a fourth time period associated with abandwidth part switch time.

In some aspects, the time period is selected as a longest time period ofthe first time period, the second time period, the third time period, orthe fourth time period.

In some aspects, performing the HD communication until the time periodhas elapsed is in accordance with the second slot format from before theinformation indicating the first slot format was received by the UE.

In some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured totransmit information configuring the time period.

In some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured toreceive capability information indicating a capability relating to theFD communication, wherein the information configuring the time period isbased at least in part on the capability information.

In some aspects, the capability relates to a mode switching latency foran FD mode.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured as a length oftime after receiving the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured fromtransmission of an acknowledgment associated with the informationindicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured toreceive the acknowledgment, wherein the acknowledgment is a UE-specificacknowledgment for the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the one or more processors are further configured toreceive the acknowledgment on a resource associated with common feedbackregarding the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format istransmitted on a carrier on which the FD communication and the HDcommunication are performed, and the time period is measured using oneof: a first subcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FDcommunication or the HD communication, or a second subcarrier spacingassociated with an uplink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isincluded in downlink control information transmitted on a first carrierand the FD communication and the HD communication are performed on asecond carrier, and the time period is measured using one of: a firstsubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication orthe HD communication, a second subcarrier spacing associated with anuplink of the FD communication or the HD communication, or a thirdsubcarrier spacing of the downlink control information.

In some aspects, the time period is measured using a smallest or alargest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrier spacing, the secondsubcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Some aspects described herein relate to a non-transitorycomputer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions for wirelesscommunication by a UE. The set of instructions, when executed by one ormore processors of the UE, may cause the UE to receive informationindicating a first slot format, wherein the information indicates one ormore symbols associated with an FD format. The set of instructions, whenexecuted by one or more processors of the UE, may cause the UE toperform communication based on a second slot format until a time periodafter the reception of the information indicating the first slot format,wherein the second slot format is prior to the first slot format. Theset of instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the UE,may cause the UE to perform at least one of HD communication or FDcommunication in accordance with the first slot format after the timeperiod has elapsed.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot formatincludes a slot format indicator in a group common downlink controlinformation message.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isassociated with a bandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UEdedicated downlink control information.

In some aspects, the first slot format is applied starting at a slot inwhich the information indicating the first slot format is received, theone or more symbols associated with the FD format are to be transmittedvia one or more slots that occur, in time, before the time period haselapsed, and performing the HD communication further comprises: performthe HD communication in the one or more slots based at least in part onthe time period not having elapsed.

In some aspects, the time period is associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication.

In some aspects, the time period is defined as at least one of: a firsttime period associated with a downlink control information decodingprocess, a second time period associated with uplink transmissionpreparation, a third time period associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication, or a fourth time period associated with abandwidth part switch time.

In some aspects, the time period is selected as a longest time period ofthe first time period, the second time period, the third time period, orthe fourth time period.

In some aspects, performing the communication until the time period haselapsed is in accordance with the second slot format from before theinformation indicating the first slot format was received.

In some aspects, the one or more instructions further cause theapparatus to receive, from a base station, information configuring thetime period.

In some aspects, the one or more instructions further cause theapparatus to transmit capability information indicating a capabilityrelating to the FD communication, wherein the time period is based atleast in part on the capability information.

In some aspects, the capability relates to a mode switching latency foran FD mode.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured as a length oftime after receiving the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured fromtransmission of an acknowledgment associated with the informationindicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the one or more instructions further cause theapparatus to transmit the acknowledgment, wherein the acknowledgment isa UE-specific acknowledgment for the information indicating the firstslot format.

In some aspects, the one or more instructions further cause theapparatus to transmit the acknowledgment on a resource associated withcommon feedback regarding the information indicating the first slotformat.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isreceived on a carrier on which the FD communication and the HDcommunication are performed, and the time period is measured using oneof: a first subcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FDcommunication or the HD communication, or a second subcarrier spacingassociated with an uplink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isincluded in downlink control information received on a first carrier andthe FD communication and the HD communication are performed on a secondcarrier, and the time period is measured using one of: a firstsubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication orthe HD communication, a second subcarrier spacing associated with anuplink of the FD communication or the HD communication, or a thirdsubcarrier spacing of the downlink control information.

In some aspects, the time period is measured using a smallest or alargest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrier spacing, the secondsubcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Some aspects described herein relate to a non-transitorycomputer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions for wirelesscommunication by a base station. The set of instructions, when executedby one or more processors of the base station, may cause the basestation to transmit, to a UE, information indicating a first slotformat, wherein the information indicates one or more symbols associatedwith an FD format. The set of instructions, when executed by one or moreprocessors of the base station, may cause the base station to performcommunication based on a second slot format until a time period afterreception of the information indicating the first slot format by the UE,wherein the second slot format is prior to the first slot format. Theset of instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the basestation, may cause the base station to perform at least one of HDcommunication or FD communication in accordance with the first slotformat after the time period has elapsed.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot formatincludes a slot format indicator in a group common downlink controlinformation message.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isassociated with a bandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UEdedicated downlink control information.

In some aspects, the first slot format is applied starting at a slot inwhich the information indicating the first slot format is received, theone or more symbols associated with the FD format are to be transmittedvia one or more slots that occur, in time, before the time period haselapsed, and performing the HD communication further comprises: performthe HD communication in the one or more slots based at least in part onthe time period not having elapsed.

In some aspects, the time period is associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication.

In some aspects, the time period is defined as at least one of: a firsttime period associated with a downlink control information decodingprocess, a second time period associated with uplink transmissionpreparation, a third time period associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication, or a fourth time period associated with abandwidth part switch time.

In some aspects, the time period is selected as a longest time period ofthe first time period, the second time period, the third time period, orthe fourth time period.

In some aspects, performing the HD communication until the time periodhas elapsed is in accordance with the second slot format from before theinformation indicating the first slot format was received by the UE.

In some aspects, the one or more instructions further cause theapparatus to transmit information configuring the time period.

In some aspects, the one or more instructions further cause theapparatus to receive capability information indicating a capabilityrelating to the FD communication, wherein the information configuringthe time period is based at least in part on the capability information.

In some aspects, the capability relates to a mode switching latency foran FD mode.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured as a length oftime after receiving the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured fromtransmission of an acknowledgment associated with the informationindicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the one or more instructions further cause theapparatus to receive the acknowledgment, wherein the acknowledgment is aUE-specific acknowledgment for the information indicating the first slotformat.

In some aspects, the one or more instructions further cause theapparatus to receive the acknowledgment on a resource associated withcommon feedback regarding the information indicating the first slotformat.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format istransmitted on a carrier on which the FD communication and the HDcommunication are performed, and the time period is measured using oneof: a first subcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FDcommunication or the HD communication, or a second subcarrier spacingassociated with an uplink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isincluded in downlink control information transmitted on a first carrierand the FD communication and the HD communication are performed on asecond carrier, and the time period is measured using one of: a firstsubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication orthe HD communication, a second subcarrier spacing associated with anuplink of the FD communication or the HD communication, or a thirdsubcarrier spacing of the downlink control information.

In some aspects, the time period is measured using a smallest or alargest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrier spacing, the secondsubcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus of a UE forwireless communication. The apparatus may include means for receivinginformation indicating a first slot format, wherein the informationindicates one or more symbols associated with an FD format. Theapparatus may include means for performing communication based on asecond slot format until a time period after the reception of theinformation indicating the first slot format, wherein the second slotformat is prior to the first slot format. The apparatus may includemeans for performing at least one of HD communication or FDcommunication in accordance with the first slot format after the timeperiod has elapsed.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot formatincludes a slot format indicator in a group common downlink controlinformation message.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isassociated with a bandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UEdedicated downlink control information.

In some aspects, the first slot format is applied starting at a slot inwhich the information indicating the first slot format is received, theone or more symbols associated with the FD format are to be transmittedvia one or more slots that occur, in time, before the time period haselapsed, and performing the HD communication further comprises: meansfor performing the HD communication in the one or more slots based atleast in part on the time period not having elapsed.

In some aspects, the time period is associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication.

In some aspects, the time period is defined as at least one of: a firsttime period associated with a downlink control information decodingprocess, a second time period associated with uplink transmissionpreparation, a third time period associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication, or a fourth time period associated with abandwidth part switch time.

In some aspects, the time period is selected as a longest time period ofthe first time period, the second time period, the third time period, orthe fourth time period.

In some aspects, performing the communication until the time period haselapsed is in accordance with the second slot format from before theinformation indicating the first slot format was received.

In some aspects, the apparatus includes means for receiving, from a basestation, information configuring the time period.

In some aspects, the apparatus includes means for transmittingcapability information indicating a capability relating to the FDcommunication, wherein the time period is based at least in part on thecapability information.

In some aspects, the capability relates to a mode switching latency foran FD mode.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured as a length oftime after receiving the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured fromtransmission of an acknowledgment associated with the informationindicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the apparatus includes means for transmitting theacknowledgment, wherein the acknowledgment is a UE-specificacknowledgment for the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the apparatus includes means for transmitting theacknowledgment on a resource associated with common feedback regardingthe information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isreceived on a carrier on which the FD communication and the HDcommunication are performed, and the time period is measured using oneof: a first subcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FDcommunication or the HD communication, or a second subcarrier spacingassociated with an uplink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isincluded in downlink control information received on a first carrier andthe FD communication and the HD communication are performed on a secondcarrier, and the time period is measured using one of: a firstsubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication orthe HD communication, a second subcarrier spacing associated with anuplink of the FD communication or the HD communication, or a thirdsubcarrier spacing of the downlink control information.

In some aspects, the time period is measured using a smallest or alargest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrier spacing, the secondsubcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Some aspects described herein relate to an apparatus of a base stationfor wireless communication. The apparatus may include means fortransmitting, to a UE, information indicating a first slot format,wherein the information indicates one or more symbols associated with anFD format. The apparatus may include means for performing communicationbased on a second slot format until a time period after reception of theinformation indicating the first slot format by the UE, wherein thesecond slot format is prior to the first slot format. The apparatus mayinclude means for performing at least one of HD communication or FDcommunication in accordance with the first slot format after the timeperiod has elapsed.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot formatincludes a slot format indicator in a group common downlink controlinformation message.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isassociated with a bandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UEdedicated downlink control information.

In some aspects, the first slot format is applied starting at a slot inwhich the information indicating the first slot format is received, theone or more symbols associated with the FD format are to be transmittedvia one or more slots that occur, in time, before the time period haselapsed, and performing the HD communication further comprises: meansfor performing the HD communication in the one or more slots based atleast in part on the time period not having elapsed.

In some aspects, the time period is associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication.

In some aspects, the time period is defined as at least one of: a firsttime period associated with a downlink control information decodingprocess, a second time period associated with uplink transmissionpreparation, a third time period associated with preparing the UE forthe FD communication, or a fourth time period associated with abandwidth part switch time.

In some aspects, the time period is selected as a longest time period ofthe first time period, the second time period, the third time period, orthe fourth time period.

In some aspects, performing the HD communication until the time periodhas elapsed is in accordance with the second slot format from before theinformation indicating the first slot format was received by the UE.

In some aspects, the apparatus includes means for transmittinginformation configuring the time period.

In some aspects, the apparatus includes means for receiving capabilityinformation indicating a capability relating to the FD communication,wherein the information configuring the time period is based at least inpart on the capability information.

In some aspects, the capability relates to a mode switching latency foran FD mode.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured as a length oftime after receiving the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency is measured fromtransmission of an acknowledgment associated with the informationindicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the apparatus includes means for receiving theacknowledgment, wherein the acknowledgment is a UE-specificacknowledgment for the information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the apparatus includes means for receiving theacknowledgment on a resource associated with common feedback regardingthe information indicating the first slot format.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format istransmitted on a carrier on which the FD communication and the HDcommunication are performed, and the time period is measured using oneof: a first subcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FDcommunication or the HD communication, or a second subcarrier spacingassociated with an uplink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication.

In some aspects, the information indicating the first slot format isincluded in downlink control information transmitted on a first carrierand the FD communication and the HD communication are performed on asecond carrier, and the time period is measured using one of: a firstsubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication orthe HD communication, a second subcarrier spacing associated with anuplink of the FD communication or the HD communication, or a thirdsubcarrier spacing of the downlink control information.

In some aspects, the time period is measured using a smallest or alargest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrier spacing, the secondsubcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Aspects generally include a method, apparatus, system, computer programproduct, non-transitory computer-readable medium, user equipment, basestation, wireless communication device, and/or processing system assubstantially described herein with reference to and as illustrated bythe drawings and specification.

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technicaladvantages of examples according to the disclosure in order that thedetailed description that follows may be better understood. Additionalfeatures and advantages will be described hereinafter. The conceptionand specific examples disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis formodifying or designing other structures for carrying out the samepurposes of the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do notdepart from the scope of the appended claims. Characteristics of theconcepts disclosed herein, both their organization and method ofoperation, together with associated advantages will be better understoodfrom the following description when considered in connection with theaccompanying figures. Each of the figures is provided for the purposesof illustration and description, and not as a definition of the limitsof the claims.

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So that the above-recited features of the present disclosure can beunderstood in detail, a more particular description, briefly summarizedabove, may be had by reference to aspects, some of which are illustratedin the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appendeddrawings illustrate only certain typical aspects of this disclosure andare therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for thedescription may admit to other equally effective aspects. The samereference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similarelements.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network, inaccordance with the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a base station incommunication with a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, inaccordance with the present disclosure.

FIGS. 3A-3C are diagrams illustrating examples of full duplex (FD)communication in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating examples associated withapplication time for slot format update associated with half duplex (HD)and FD mode switching, in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating example processes associatedwith application time for slot format update associated with HD and FDmode switching, in accordance with the present disclosure.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrams of example apparatuses for wirelesscommunication, in accordance with the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various aspects of the disclosure are described more fully hereinafterwith reference to the accompanying drawings. This disclosure may,however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construedas limited to any specific structure or function presented throughoutthis disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that thisdisclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey thescope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. One skilled in theart should appreciate that the scope of the disclosure is intended tocover any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein, whether implementedindependently of or combined with any other aspect of the disclosure.For example, an apparatus may be implemented or a method may bepracticed using any number of the aspects set forth herein. In addition,the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover such an apparatus ormethod which is practiced using other structure, functionality, orstructure and functionality in addition to or other than the variousaspects of the disclosure set forth herein. It should be understood thatany aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein may be embodied by one ormore elements of a claim.

Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented withreference to various apparatuses and techniques. These apparatuses andtechniques will be described in the following detailed description andillustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules,components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, or the like(collectively referred to as “elements”). These elements may beimplemented using hardware, software, or combinations thereof. Whethersuch elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon theparticular application and design constraints imposed on the overallsystem.

While aspects may be described herein using terminology commonlyassociated with a 5G or New Radio (NR) radio access technology (RAT),aspects of the present disclosure can be applied to other RATs, such asa 3G RAT, a 4G RAT, and/or a RAT subsequent to 5G (e.g., 6G).

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network 100,in accordance with the present disclosure. The wireless network 100 maybe or may include elements of a 5G (e.g., NR) network and/or a 4G (e.g.,Long Term Evolution (LTE)) network, among other examples. The wirelessnetwork 100 may include one or more base stations 110 (shown as a BS 110a, a BS 110 b, a BS 110 c, and a BS 110 d), a user equipment (UE) 120 ormultiple UEs 120 (shown as a UE 120 a, a UE 120 b, a UE 120 c, a UE 120d, and a UE 120 e), and/or other network entities. A base station 110 isan entity that communicates with UEs 120. A base station 110 (sometimesreferred to as a BS) may include, for example, an NR base station, anLTE base station, a Node B, an eNB (e.g., in 4G), a gNB (e.g., in 5G),an access point, and/or a transmission reception point (TRP). Each basestation 110 may provide communication coverage for a particulargeographic area. In the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), theterm “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a base station 110 and/or abase station subsystem serving this coverage area, depending on thecontext in which the term is used.

A base station 110 may provide communication coverage for a macro cell,a pico cell, a femto cell, and/or another type of cell. A macro cell maycover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers inradius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs 120 with servicesubscriptions. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic areaand may allow unrestricted access by UEs 120 with service subscription.A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home)and may allow restricted access by UEs 120 having association with thefemto cell (e.g., UEs 120 in a closed subscriber group (CSG)). A basestation 110 for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro base station.A base station 110 for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico basestation. A base station 110 for a femto cell may be referred to as afemto base station or an in-home base station. In the example shown inFIG. 1 , the BS 110 a may be a macro base station for a macro cell 102a, the BS 110 b may be a pico base station for a pico cell 102 b, andthe BS 110 c may be a femto base station for a femto cell 102 c. A basestation may support one or multiple (e.g., three) cells.

In some examples, a cell may not necessarily be stationary, and thegeographic area of the cell may move according to the location of a basestation 110 that is mobile (e.g., a mobile base station). In someexamples, the base stations 110 may be interconnected to one anotherand/or to one or more other base stations 110 or network nodes (notshown) in the wireless network 100 through various types of backhaulinterfaces, such as a direct physical connection or a virtual network,using any suitable transport network.

The wireless network 100 may include one or more relay stations. A relaystation is an entity that can receive a transmission of data from anupstream station (e.g., a base station 110 or a UE 120) and send atransmission of the data to a downstream station (e.g., a UE 120 or abase station 110). A relay station may be a UE 120 that can relaytransmissions for other UEs 120. In the example shown in FIG. 1 , the BS110 d (e.g., a relay base station) may communicate with the BS 110 a(e.g., a macro base station) and the UE 120 d in order to facilitatecommunication between the BS 110 a and the UE 120 d. A base station 110that relays communications may be referred to as a relay station, arelay base station, a relay, or the like.

The wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includesbase stations 110 of different types, such as macro base stations, picobase stations, femto base stations, relay base stations, or the like.These different types of base stations 110 may have different transmitpower levels, different coverage areas, and/or different impacts oninterference in the wireless network 100. For example, macro basestations may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 5 to 40 watts)whereas pico base stations, femto base stations, and relay base stationsmay have lower transmit power levels (e.g., 0.1 to 2 watts).

A network controller 130 may couple to or communicate with a set of basestations 110 and may provide coordination and control for these basestations 110. The network controller 130 may communicate with the basestations 110 via a backhaul communication link. The base stations 110may communicate with one another directly or indirectly via a wirelessor wireline backhaul communication link.

The UEs 120 may be dispersed throughout the wireless network 100, andeach UE 120 may be stationary or mobile. A UE 120 may include, forexample, an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station, and/or asubscriber unit. A UE 120 may be a cellular phone (e.g., a smart phone),a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, a wirelesscommunication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordlessphone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a tablet, a camera, a gamingdevice, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, a medical device, abiometric device, a wearable device (e.g., a smart watch, smartclothing, smart glasses, a smart wristband, smart jewelry (e.g., a smartring or a smart bracelet)), an entertainment device (e.g., a musicdevice, a video device, and/or a satellite radio), a vehicular componentor sensor, a smart meter/sensor, industrial manufacturing equipment, aglobal positioning system device, and/or any other suitable device thatis configured to communicate via a wireless or wired medium.

Some UEs 120 may be considered machine-type communication (MTC) orevolved or enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) UEs. An MTC UEand/or an eMTC UE may include, for example, a robot, a drone, a remotedevice, a sensor, a meter, a monitor, and/or a location tag, that maycommunicate with a base station, another device (e.g., a remote device),or some other entity. Some UEs 120 may be considered Internet-of-Things(IoT) devices, and/or may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband IoT)devices. Some UEs 120 may be considered a Customer Premises Equipment. AUE 120 may be included inside a housing that houses components of the UE120, such as processor components and/or memory components. In someexamples, the processor components and the memory components may becoupled together. For example, the processor components (e.g., one ormore processors) and the memory components (e.g., a memory) may beoperatively coupled, communicatively coupled, electronically coupled,and/or electrically coupled.

In general, any number of wireless networks 100 may be deployed in agiven geographic area. Each wireless network 100 may support aparticular RAT and may operate on one or more frequencies. A RAT may bereferred to as a radio technology, an air interface, or the like. Afrequency may be referred to as a carrier, a frequency channel, or thelike. Each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic areain order to avoid interference between wireless networks of differentRATs. In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks may be deployed.

In some examples, two or more UEs 120 (e.g., shown as UE 120 a and UE120 e) may communicate directly using one or more sidelink channels(e.g., without using a base station 110 as an intermediary tocommunicate with one another). For example, the UEs 120 may communicateusing peer-to-peer (P2P) communications, device-to-device (D2D)communications, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocol (e.g., which mayinclude a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocol, a vehicle-to-infrastructure(V2I) protocol, or a vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) protocol), and/or amesh network. In such examples, a UE 120 may perform schedulingoperations, resource selection operations, and/or other operationsdescribed elsewhere herein as being performed by the base station 110.

Devices of the wireless network 100 may communicate using theelectromagnetic spectrum, which may be subdivided by frequency orwavelength into various classes, bands, channels, or the like. Forexample, devices of the wireless network 100 may communicate using oneor more operating bands. In 5G NR, two initial operating bands have beenidentified as frequency range designations FR1 (410 MHz-7.125 GHz) andFR2 (24.25 GHz-52.6 GHz). It should be understood that although aportion of FR1 is greater than 6 GHz, FR1 is often referred to(interchangeably) as a “Sub-6 GHz” band in various documents andarticles. A similar nomenclature issue sometimes occurs with regard toFR2, which is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “millimeter wave”band in documents and articles, despite being different from theextremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz-300 GHz) which is identifiedby the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as a “millimeterwave” band.

The frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are often referred to as mid-bandfrequencies. Recent 5G NR studies have identified an operating band forthese mid-band frequencies as frequency range designation FR3 (7.125GHz-24.25 GHz). Frequency bands falling within FR3 may inherit FR1characteristics and/or FR2 characteristics, and thus may effectivelyextend features of FR1 and/or FR2 into mid-band frequencies. Inaddition, higher frequency bands are currently being explored to extend5G NR operation beyond 52.6 GHz. For example, three higher operatingbands have been identified as frequency range designations FR4a or FR4-1(52.6 GHz-71 GHz), FR4 (52.6 GHz-114.25 GHz), and FR5 (114.25 GHz-300GHz). Each of these higher frequency bands falls within the EHF band.

With the above examples in mind, unless specifically stated otherwise,it should be understood that the term “sub-6 GHz” or the like, if usedherein, may broadly represent frequencies that may be less than 6 GHz,may be within FR1, or may include mid-band frequencies. Further, unlessspecifically stated otherwise, it should be understood that the term“millimeter wave” or the like, if used herein, may broadly representfrequencies that may include mid-band frequencies, may be within FR2,FR4, FR4-a or FR4-1, and/or FR5, or may be within the EHF band. It iscontemplated that the frequencies included in these operating bands(e.g., FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4, FR4-a, FR4-1, and/or FR5) may be modified,and techniques described herein are applicable to those modifiedfrequency ranges.

In some aspects, the UE 120 may include a communication manager 140. Asdescribed in more detail elsewhere herein, the communication manager 140may perform one or more operations relating to application time for slotformat updating associated with half duplex (HD) and full duplex (FD)mode switching. Additionally, or alternatively, the communicationmanager 140 may perform one or more other operations described herein.

In some aspects, the base station 110 may include a communicationmanager 150. As described in more detail elsewhere herein, thecommunication manager 150 may perform one or more operations relating toapplication time for slot format updating associated with HD and FD modeswitching. Additionally, or alternatively, the communication manager 150may perform one or more other operations described herein.

As indicated above, FIG. 1 is provided as an example. Other examples maydiffer from what is described with regard to FIG. 1 .

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example 200 of a base station 110 incommunication with a UE 120 in a wireless network 100, in accordancewith the present disclosure. The base station 110 may be equipped with aset of antennas 234 a through 234 t, such as T antennas (T≥1). The UE120 may be equipped with a set of antennas 252 a through 252 r, such asR antennas (R≥1).

At the base station 110, a transmit processor 220 may receive data, froma data source 212, intended for the UE 120 (or a set of UEs 120). Thetransmit processor 220 may select one or more modulation and codingschemes (MCSs) for the UE 120 based at least in part on one or morechannel quality indicators (CQIs) received from that UE 120. The UE 120may process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for the UE 120 based atleast in part on the MCS(s) selected for the UE 120 and may provide datasymbols for the UE 120. The transmit processor 220 may process systeminformation (e.g., for semi-static resource partitioning information(SRPI)) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, and/orupper layer signaling) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols.The transmit processor 220 may generate reference symbols for referencesignals (e.g., a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) or a demodulationreference signal (DMRS)) and synchronization signals (e.g., a primarysynchronization signal (PSS) or a secondary synchronization signal(SSS)). A transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the datasymbols, the control symbols, the overhead symbols, and/or the referencesymbols, if applicable, and may provide a set of output symbol streams(e.g., T output symbol streams) to a corresponding set of modems 232(e.g., T modems), shown as modems 232 a through 232 t. For example, eachoutput symbol stream may be provided to a modulator component (shown asMOD) of a modem 232. Each modem 232 may use a respective modulatorcomponent to process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM)to obtain an output sample stream. Each modem 232 may further use arespective modulator component to process (e.g., convert to analog,amplify, filter, and/or upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain adownlink signal. The modems 232 a through 232 t may transmit a set ofdownlink signals (e.g., T downlink signals) via a corresponding set ofantennas 234 (e.g., T antennas), shown as antennas 234 a through 234 t.

At the UE 120, a set of antennas 252 (shown as antennas 252 a through252 r) may receive the downlink signals from the base station 110 and/orother base stations 110 and may provide a set of received signals (e.g.,R received signals) to a set of modems 254 (e.g., R modems), shown asmodems 254 a through 254 r. For example, each received signal may beprovided to a demodulator component (shown as DEMOD) of a modem 254.Each modem 254 may use a respective demodulator component to condition(e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and/or digitize) a received signalto obtain input samples. Each modem 254 may use a demodulator componentto further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain receivedsymbols. A MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from the modems254, may perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable,and may provide detected symbols. A receive processor 258 may process(e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, may provide decodeddata for the UE 120 to a data sink 260, and may provide decoded controlinformation and system information to a controller/processor 280. Theterm “controller/processor” may refer to one or more controllers, one ormore processors, or a combination thereof. A channel processor maydetermine a reference signal received power (RSRP) parameter, a receivedsignal strength indicator (RSSI) parameter, a reference signal receivedquality (RSRQ) parameter, and/or a CQI parameter, among other examples.In some examples, one or more components of the UE 120 may be includedin a housing 284.

The network controller 130 may include a communication unit 294, acontroller/processor 290, and a memory 292. The network controller 130may include, for example, one or more devices in a core network. Thenetwork controller 130 may communicate with the base station 110 via thecommunication unit 294.

One or more antennas (e.g., antennas 234 a through 234 t and/or antennas252 a through 252 r) may include, or may be included within, one or moreantenna panels, one or more antenna groups, one or more sets of antennaelements, and/or one or more antenna arrays, among other examples. Anantenna panel, an antenna group, a set of antenna elements, and/or anantenna array may include one or more antenna elements (within a singlehousing or multiple housings), a set of coplanar antenna elements, a setof non-coplanar antenna elements, and/or one or more antenna elementscoupled to one or more transmission and/or reception components, such asone or more components of FIG. 2 .

On the uplink, at the UE 120, a transmit processor 264 may receive andprocess data from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., forreports that include RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, and/or CQI) from thecontroller/processor 280. The transmit processor 264 may generatereference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols fromthe transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266 ifapplicable, further processed by the modems 254 (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM orCP-OFDM), and transmitted to the base station 110. In some examples, themodem 254 of the UE 120 may include a modulator and a demodulator. Insome examples, the UE 120 includes a transceiver. The transceiver mayinclude any combination of the antenna(s) 252, the modem(s) 254, theMIMO detector 256, the receive processor 258, the transmit processor264, and/or the TX MIMO processor 266. The transceiver may be used by aprocessor (e.g., the controller/processor 280) and the memory 282 toperform aspects of any of the methods described herein (e.g., withreference to FIGS. 4-9 ).

At the base station 110, the uplink signals from UE 120 and/or other UEsmay be received by the antennas 234, processed by the modem 232 (e.g., ademodulator component, shown as DEMOD, of the modem 232), detected by aMIMO detector 236 if applicable, and further processed by a receiveprocessor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by theUE 120. The receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a datasink 239 and provide the decoded control information to thecontroller/processor 240. The base station 110 may include acommunication unit 244 and may communicate with the network controller130 via the communication unit 244. The base station 110 may include ascheduler 246 to schedule one or more UEs 120 for downlink and/or uplinkcommunications. In some examples, the modem 232 of the base station 110may include a modulator and a demodulator. In some examples, the basestation 110 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include anycombination of the antenna(s) 234, the modem(s) 232, the MIMO detector236, the receive processor 238, the transmit processor 220, and/or theTX MIMO processor 230. The transceiver may be used by a processor (e.g.,the controller/processor 240) and the memory 242 to perform aspects ofany of the methods described herein (e.g., with reference to FIGS. 4-9).

The controller/processor 240 of the base station 110, thecontroller/processor 280 of the UE 120, and/or any other component(s) ofFIG. 2 may perform one or more techniques associated with applicationupdate associated with HD and FD mode switching, as described in moredetail elsewhere herein. For example, the controller/processor 240 ofthe base station 110, the controller/processor 280 of the UE 120, and/orany other component(s) of FIG. 2 may perform or direct operations of,for example, process 600 of FIG. 6 , process 700 of FIG. 7 , and/orother processes as described herein. The memory 242 and the memory 282may store data and program codes for the base station 110 and the UE120, respectively. In some examples, the memory 242 and/or the memory282 may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one ormore instructions (e.g., code and/or program code) for wirelesscommunication. For example, the one or more instructions, when executed(e.g., directly, or after compiling, converting, and/or interpreting) byone or more processors of the base station 110 and/or the UE 120, maycause the one or more processors, the UE 120, and/or the base station110 to perform or direct operations of, for example, process 600 of FIG.6 , process 700 of FIG. 7 , and/or other processes as described herein.In some examples, executing instructions may include running theinstructions, converting the instructions, compiling the instructions,and/or interpreting the instructions, among other examples.

In some aspects, UE 120 may include means for receiving informationindicating a first slot format, wherein the information indicates one ormore symbols associated with an FD format, means for performingcommunication based on a second slot format until a time period afterthe reception of the information indicating the first slot format,wherein the second slot format is prior to the first slot format, meansfor performing at least one of HD communication or FD communication inaccordance with the first slot format after the time period has elapsed,or the like. In some aspects, such means may include one or morecomponents of UE 120 described in connection with FIG. 2 , such ascontroller/processor 280, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266,antenna 252, modem 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, or thelike.

In some aspects, base station 110 may include means for transmitting, toa UE, information indicating a first slot format, wherein theinformation indicates one or more symbols associated with an FD format,means for performing communication based on a second slot format until atime period after reception of the information indicating the first slotformat by the UE, wherein the second slot format is prior to the firstslot format, means for performing at least one of HD communication or FDcommunication in accordance with the first slot format after the timeperiod has elapsed, or the like. In some aspects, such means may includeone or more components of base station 110 described in connection withFIG. 2 , such as antenna 234, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238,controller/processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230,modem 232, antenna 234, or the like.

While blocks in FIG. 2 are illustrated as distinct components, thefunctions described above with respect to the blocks may be implementedin a single hardware, software, or combination component or in variouscombinations of components. For example, the functions described withrespect to the transmit processor 264, the receive processor 258, and/orthe TX MIMO processor 266 may be performed by or under the control ofthe controller/processor 280.

As indicated above, FIG. 2 is provided as an example. Other examples maydiffer from what is described with regard to FIG. 2 .

FIGS. 3A-3C are diagrams illustrating examples 300, 310, 320 of FDcommunication in accordance with the present disclosure. An FDcommunication is a communication that utilizes overlapped time resourcesat a single node for transmission and reception. For example, a UE or abase station may perform a transmission and a reception using the sametime resources, such as via frequency division multiplexing (FDM) orspatial division multiplexing (SDM). “FDM” refers to performing two ormore communications using different frequency resource allocations.“SDM” refers to performing two or more communications using differentspatial parameters, such as different transmission configurationindication (TCI) states corresponding to beams. An SDM communication canuse overlapped time resources and frequency resources, and an FDMcommunication can use overlapped time resources and spatial resources(that is, overlapped beam parameters, TCI states, or the like). A TCIstate indicates a spatial parameter for a communication. For example, aTCI state for a communication may identify a source signal (such as asynchronization signal block, a channel state information referencesignal, or the like) and a spatial parameter to be derived from thesource signal for the purpose of transmitting or receiving thecommunication. For example, the TCI state may indicate aquasi-colocation (QCL) type. A QCL type may indicate one or more spatialparameters to be derived from the source signal. The source signal maybe referred to as a QCL source.

The example 300 of FIG. 3A includes a UE1 302 and two base stations(e.g., TRPs) 304-1, 304-2, wherein the UE1 302 is sending uplink (UL)transmissions to base station 304-1 and is receiving downlink (DL)transmissions from base station 304-2. In the example 300 of FIG. 3A, FDis enabled for the UE1 302, but not for the base stations 304-1, 304-2.Thus, the base stations 304-1 and 304-2 are half duplex base stations.The example 310 of FIG. 3B includes two UEs, UE1 302-1 and UE2 302-2,and a base station 304, wherein the UE1 302-1 is receiving a DLtransmission from the base station 304 and the UE2 302-2 is transmittinga UL transmission to the base station 304. In the example 310 of FIG.3B, FD is enabled for the base station 304, but not for the UEs UE1302-1 and UE2 302-2. Thus, the UEs UE1 302-1 and UE2 302-2 are halfduplex UEs. The example 320 of FIG. 3C includes a UE1 302 and a basestation 304, wherein the UE1 302 is receiving a DL transmission from thebase station 304 and the UE1 302 is transmitting a UL transmission tothe base station 304. In the example 320 of FIG. 3C, FD is enabled forboth the UE1 302 and the base station 304.

In FIGS. 3A-3C, interference is indicated by dashed lines. Interferencecan occur between nodes of examples 300, 310, 320 (referred to as“cross-link interference”). Examples of cross-link interference areshown in FIGS. 3A and 3B. In FIG. 3A, BS 304-2's downlink transmissioninterferes with BS 304-1's uplink transmission. In FIG. 3B, UE1 302-1'suplink transmission interferes with UE2 302-2's downlink transmission.In some cases, self-interference can occur. Self-interference occurswhen a node's transmission interferes with a reception operation of thenode. For example, self-interference may occur due to reception by areceive antenna of radiated energy from a transmit antenna, cross-talkbetween components, or the like. Examples of self-interference at a UE302 (from an uplink transmission to a downlink reception) and at a basestation 304 (from a downlink transmission to an uplink reception) areshown in FIG. 3C. It should be noted that the above-described cross-linkinterference and self-interference conditions can occur in half duplexdeployments and in full duplex deployments.

As indicated above, FIGS. 3A-3C are provided as one or more examples.Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to FIGS.3A-3C.

A UE and a base station may communicate with each other via a wirelessconnection such as an air interface connection. For example, the UE andthe base station may perform uplink communication and/or downlinkcommunication. Generally, a data payload that is to be transmitted by aUE or a base station may be packaged in a transport block (TB). A TB isa payload that is passed from a medium access control (MAC) layer to aphysical layer for transmission via a shared data channel (such as aphysical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink sharedchannel (PUSCH)). A TB may undergo physical layer processing beforebeing mapped onto a shared data channel for transmission over thewireless connection. For example, a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) may beadded to the transport block, and then the transport block may besegmented into codeblocks (which may have their own CRCs) andtransmitted via the wireless connection.

FD communication (described above) may enable simultaneousuplink/downlink transmission in some frequency ranges, such as FR 2. AnFD capability can be present at the base station, the UE, or both. Forexample, at the UE, an uplink transmission can be from one panel and adownlink reception can use another panel. As another example, at thebase station, the uplink reception can use one panel and the downlinktransmission can be from a second panel. In some cases, an FD capabilitymay be conditional on, for example, beam separation, self-interference,clutter echo, or the like. FD communication may provide latencyreduction, spectrum efficiency enhancement (such as per cell and perUE), and more efficient resource utilization.

A communication (such as a PDSCH or a PUSCH) may be scheduled byscheduling information. For example, downlink control information (DCI),which may be transmitted via a physical downlink control channel(PDCCH), may carry the scheduling information. Scheduling informationnotifies a UE of resources on which to transmit a PUSCH or on which toreceive a PDSCH, as well as parameters used for such transmission orreception.

In some cases, DCI may indicate a slot format associated with one ormore slots. For example, DCI may indicate a slot format for scheduledresources. A slot format indicates whether one or more symbols of one ormore slots are to be used as downlink symbols (in which downlinkcommunication occurs), uplink symbols (in which uplink communicationoccurs), flexible symbols (in which downlink and uplink communicationscan both occur), or the like. In some aspects, a slot format mayindicate whether one or more symbols of one or more slots are associatedwith an HD format (e.g., to be used for HD communications) or an FDformat (e.g., to be used for FD communications). For example, theparameters may indicate that one or more symbols of one or more slotscurrently associated with an HD format are to be associated with an FDformat. However, the one or more slots may occur, in time, prior to theUE being able to transmit data according to the FD format. For example,it may take some amount of time for the UE to prepare for FDcommunication, such as to activate a second antenna panel for FDcommunication. In this case, the UE may not be able to transmit data viathe one or more slots if the slot format is applied immediately afterreceiving DCI indicating the slot format, thereby failing to utilizeresources allocated to the UE.

Some techniques and apparatuses described herein enable an updated slotformat to be utilized after expiration of a time period (sometimesreferred to as an application time) that is configured to provide a UEsufficient preparation time for performing a communication in accordancewith the updated slot format. For example, a UE may performcommunication in accordance with a current slot format. The UE mayreceive information indicating an updated slot format. The UE maycontinue performing communication in accordance with the current slotformat until a time period after the reception of the informationindicating the updated slot format has elapsed. The time period may bedefined based at least in part on a time period associated with a DCIdecoding process, a time period associated with uplink transmissionpreparation, a time period associated with preparing the UE for the FDcommunication, and/or a time period associated with a bandwidth partswitch time, among other examples. The UE may perform communication inaccordance with the updated slot format after the time period haselapsed. In this way, the impact of switching a slot format to one thatthe UE is incapable of using before the time period has elapsed isreduced or eliminated, which improves UE performance, reduces theoccurrence of dropped communications, and increases throughput.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example 400 associated withapplication time for slot format update associated with HD and FD modeswitching, in accordance with the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4, a base station 110 and a UE 120 may communicate with one another.

As shown by reference number 410, the UE 120 may receive configurationinformation from the base station 110. The configuration information mayindicate a time period associated with updating a slot format. The timeperiod may be associated with an amount of time associated with the UE120 transitioning from performing communication according to a currentslot format to performing communication according to an updated slotformat, as described in greater detail elsewhere herein. In someaspects,

In some aspects, the time period is associated with a DCI decodingprocess. For example, the time period may correspond to a length of timeassociated with the UE 120 decoding a received DCI (such as in terms ofslots and/or symbols).

In some aspects, the time period is associated with a bandwidth partswitch time. For example, the time period may correspond to a length oftime associated with the UE 120 performing a bandwidth part switchprocess. In some aspects, the length of time may be based at least inpart on a time from receiving DCI indicating a bandwidth part switch tothe UE performing the switch.

In some aspects, the time period is associated with uplink transmissionpreparation. For example, the time period may correspond to a length oftime associated with the UE 120 preparing to perform an uplinktransmission, such as a length of time (e.g., a shortest length of time)between receiving DCI scheduling an uplink transmission and the UE 120being prepared to transmit the uplink transmission).

In some aspects, the time period is associated with preparing the UE 120for performing communication according to the updated slot format. Forexample, the time period may be associated with an amount of timeassociated with the UE 120 transitioning from performing communicationaccording to a current slot format (e.g., a slot format associated withHD communication) to performing communication according to the updatedslot format (e.g., a slot format associated with FD communication). Forexample, the time period may be associated with an amount of timerequired by the UE 120 to enter an FD mode (e.g., when starting from anHD mode).

In some aspects, the time period is associated with the longest of thelength of time associated with the DCI decoding process, the length oftime associated with uplink transmission preparation, the length of timeassociated with preparing the UE 120 for performing FD communication,and the length of time associated with a bandwidth part switch time.Alternatively, and/or additionally, the UE 120 may determine the timeperiod. In some aspects, the UE 120 may determine the time period in amanner similar to that described elsewhere herein with respect to thebase station 110 determining the time period. In some aspects, the UE120 may receive information indicating the time period, such as viaradio resource control (RRC) signaling or the like. Additionally, oralternatively, the DCI that provides the updated slot format mayindicate the time period. In some aspects, the time period may be basedat least in part on a capability of the UE, such as a capability of theUE associated with one or more of the factors described above.

In some aspects, as shown by reference number 420, the UE 120 mayreceive the information indicating the updated slot format via DCI. Insome aspects, the DCI may include group common DCI (e.g., DCI Format2_0). The group common DCI may indicate the updated slot format and/orone or more symbols (e.g., one or more FD symbols, as shown in FIG. 4 )associated with the updated slot format. In some aspects, the DCI mayinclude UE dedicated DCI. The UE dedicated DCI may include a bandwidthpart switch with a slot format change that is associated with theupdated slot format.

In some aspects, as shown by reference number 430, the UE 120 maydetermine a start of the time period indicated by the configurationinformation received from the base station 110 based at least in part onreceiving the information indicating the updated slot format (e.g.,based at least in part on receiving the DCI). For example, the UE 120may determine the start of the time period as corresponding to a timeassociated with a slot where the UE 120 detects DCI indicating theupdated slot format.

In some aspects, the time period may be measured based at least in parton a carrier on which the information indicating the updated slot formatis received. As an example, the information indicating the updated slotformat may be received on a carrier on which the UE 120 is performing acommunication according to a current slot format (e.g., a slot formatassociated with performing HD communication) and on which the UE 120will perform a communication according to the updated slot format (e.g.,a slot format associated with performing FD communication). In otherwords, the DCI may indicate a slot format for a carrier on which the DCIis received. The time period may be measured using a subcarrier spacingassociated with a downlink of the HD communication (e.g., thecommunication performed according to the current slot format), asubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication(e.g., the communication according to the updated slot format), asubcarrier spacing associated with an uplink of the HD communication, ora subcarrier spacing associated with an uplink of the FD communication.For example, if the DCI, the FD communication, and the HD communicationare on the same carrier, the time period may be determined based atleast in part on a downlink subcarrier spacing of the carrier or anuplink subcarrier spacing of the carrier. If the DCI is on a differentcarrier than the FD communication and/or the HD communication, then thetime period may be determined based at least in part on at least one ofa subcarrier spacing of the DCI, a downlink subcarrier spacing of theFD/HD communication's carrier, or an uplink subcarrier spacing of theFD/HD communication's carrier. In some aspects, the time period may usea shortest subcarrier spacing of each of the subcarrier spacingsdescribed above.

In some implementations, the time period may be measured based at leastin part on a timer. The UE 120 may initiate a timer based at least inpart on receiving the information indicating the updated slot format.The timer may be associated with the time period indicated by theconfiguration information and an expiration of the timer may indicatethat the time period has elapsed.

In some aspects, the UE 120 may apply the updated slot format based atleast in part on receiving the information indicating the updated slotformat. For example, as shown by reference number 440, the UE 120 mayapply the updated slot format starting in a slot where the UE 120detects DCI indicating the updated slot format.

As shown by reference number 450, the UE 120 may use a prior slot format(e.g., the slot format used by the UE 120 prior to applying the updatedslot format) until the time period indicated in the configurationinformation has elapsed. In some aspects, as shown by reference number460, the UE 120 may perform a communication in accordance with the priorslot format during the time period.

As an example, the information indicating the updated slot format mayindicate that one or more slots currently associated with the HD formatare to be associated with the FD format. The updated slot format may beapplied starting at a slot in which the information indicating theupdated format is received and the one or more slots may be before thetime period has elapsed. The UE 120 may perform an HD communication inthe one or more slots based at least in part on the time period nothaving elapsed.

Subsequently, the UE 120 may determine that the time period has elapsed.As shown by reference number 470, the UE 120 may perform a communicationin accordance with the updated slot format based at least in part on thetime period having elapsed.

As indicated above, FIG. 4 is provided as an example. Other examples maydiffer from what is described with respect to FIG. 4 .

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example 500 associated withapplication time for slot format update associated with HD and FD modeswitching, in accordance with the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, a base station 110 and a UE 120 may communicate with one another.

As shown by reference number 505, the UE 120 may provide capabilityinformation indicating a capability of the UE 120 to the base station110. In some aspects, the capability information may be associated withperforming FD communication. For example, as shown in FIG. 5 , thecapability of the UE 120 may be associated with a mode switchinglatency. In some aspects, the mode switching latency may be associatedwith switching from an HD mode associated with performing HDcommunication to an FD mode associated with performing FD communication.

In some aspects, the mode switching latency may be measured as a lengthof time after receiving information indicating an updated slot format.In some aspects, the mode switching latency may be measured fromtransmission of an acknowledgment associated with receiving theinformation indicating the updated slot format. For example, the UE 120may receive the information indicating the updated slot format in groupcommon DCI. The UE 120 may transmit a UE-specific acknowledgement forthe information indicating the updated slot format. The mode switchinglatency may be measured from a time at which the UE-specificacknowledgement was transmitted until a time at which the UE 120 is ableto perform FD communication.

In some aspects, the acknowledgement may be transmitted on a resourceassociated with common feedback regarding the information indicating theupdated slot format. For example, as shown by reference number 515, theinformation indicating the updated slot format may be included in DCI.In some aspects, the DCI includes group common DCI and the UE 120 maytransmit the acknowledgement via a set of shared resources associatedwith transmitting acknowledgements and/or negative acknowledgementsassociated with receiving the group common DCI.

As shown by reference number 510, the UE 120 may receive configurationinformation from the base station 110. The UE 120 may receive theconfiguration based at least in part on providing the capabilityinformation to the base station 110. The configuration information mayindicate a time period associated with updating a slot format. The timeperiod may be associated with an amount of time associated with the UE120 transitioning from performing communication according to a currentslot format to performing communication according to an updated slotformat, as described in greater detail elsewhere herein.

The base station 110 may determine the time period based at least inpart on the capability information received from the UE 120. In someaspects, the capability information indicates the mode switching latencyassociated with the UE 120. The base station 110 may determine the timeperiod based at least in part on the mode switching latency associatedwith the UE 120. For example, the base station 110 may determine thetime period as being equal to or greater than an amount of timecorresponding to the mode switching latency of the UE 120.

Alternatively, and/or additionally, the UE 120 may determine the timeperiod. In some aspects, the UE 120 may determine the time period in amanner similar to that described elsewhere herein with respect to thebase station 110 determining the time period.

In some aspects, the UE 120 may receive information indicating anupdated slot format. In some aspects, the updated slot format may beassociated with one or more resources scheduled for the UE 120. Forexample, the UE 120 may receive information indicating one or moresymbols and/or one or more slots associated with an FD format and/or oneor more symbols and/or one or more slots associated with an HD format.

As shown by reference number 515, the UE 120 may receive DCI indicatingan updated slot format associated with one or more FD symbols and/or oneor more slots. In some aspects, the DCI may include group common DCI.The group common DCI may indicate the updated slot format and/or one ormore symbols (e.g., one or more FD symbols, as shown in FIG. 4 )associated with the updated slot format. In some aspects, the DCI mayinclude UE dedicated DCI. The UE dedicated DCI may include a bandwidthpart switch with a slot format change that is associated with theupdated slot format.

As shown by reference number 520, the UE 120 may identify a time periodfor applying the updated slot format. For example, as shown by referencenumber 525, the UE 120 may determine a start of the time periodindicated by the configuration information received from the basestation 110 based at least in part on receiving the informationindicating the updated slot format (e.g., based at least in part onreceiving the DCI). For example, the UE 120 may determine the start ofthe time period as corresponding to a time associated with a slot wherethe UE 120 detects DCI indicating the updated slot format. As anotherexample, the UE 120 may determine the start of the time period ascorresponding to a time associated with transmitting an acknowledgmentassociated with receiving the DCI indicating the updated slot format.

In some aspects, the UE 120 may apply the updated slot format based atleast in part on receiving the information indicating the updated slotformat. For example, the UE 120 may apply the updated slot formatstarting in a slot where the UE 120 detects DCI indicating the updatedslot format.

As shown by reference number 530, the UE 120 may use a prior slot format(e.g., the slot format used by the UE 120 prior to applying the updatedslot format) until the time period indicated in the configurationinformation has elapsed. In some aspects, as shown by reference number535, the UE 120 may perform a communication in accordance with the priorslot format during the time period. In one example, the UE 120 mayreceive a prior slot format indication (SFI) indicating a slot format touse in the next 100 slots. In slot #98 of the next 100 slots, the UE 120monitors and receives a new SFI. In this example, the overlapped slots#98-100 are expected to receive the same slot formats as indicated bythe prior SFI.

As an example, the information indicating the updated slot format mayindicate that one or more slots currently associated with the HD formatare to be associated with the FD format. The updated slot format may beapplied starting at a slot in which the information indicating theupdated format is received and the one or more slots may be before thetime period has elapsed. The UE 120 may perform an HD communication inthe one or more slots based at least in part on the time period nothaving elapsed.

Subsequently, the UE 120 may determine that the time period has elapsed.As shown by reference number 540, the UE 120 may perform a communicationin accordance with the updated slot format based at least in part on thetime period having elapsed.

As indicated above, FIG. 5 is provided as an example. Other examples maydiffer from what is described with respect to FIG. 5 .

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example process 600 performed, forexample, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. Exampleprocess 600 is an example where the UE (e.g., UE 120) performsoperations associated with techniques for application time for slotformat update associated with HD and FD mode switching.

As shown in FIG. 6 , in some aspects, process 600 may include receivinginformation indicating a first slot format, wherein the informationindicates one or more symbols associated with an FD format (block 610).For example, the UE (e.g., using communication manager 140 and/orreception component 802, depicted in FIG. 8 ) may receive informationindicating a first slot format, wherein the information indicates one ormore symbols associated with an FD format, as described above.

As further shown in FIG. 6 , in some aspects, process 600 may includeperforming communication based on a second slot format until a timeperiod after the reception of the information indicating the first slotformat, wherein the second slot format is prior to the first slot format(block 620). For example, the UE (e.g., using communication manager 140and/or performance component 808, depicted in FIG. 8 ) may performcommunication based on a second slot format until a time period afterthe reception of the information indicating the first slot format,wherein the second slot format is prior to the first slot format, asdescribed above.

As further shown in FIG. 6 , in some aspects, process 600 may includeperforming at least one of HD communication or FD communication inaccordance with the first slot format after the time period has elapsed(block 630). For example, the UE (e.g., using communication manager 140and/or performance component 808, depicted in FIG. 8 ) may perform atleast one of HD communication or FD communication in accordance with thefirst slot format after the time period has elapsed, as described above.

Process 600 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect orany combination of aspects described below and/or in connection with oneor more other processes described elsewhere herein.

In a first aspect, the information indicating the first slot formatincludes a slot format indicator in a group common DCI message.

In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, theinformation indicating the first slot format is associated with abandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UE dedicated DCI.

In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstand second aspects, the first slot format is applied starting at a slotin which the information indicating the first slot format is received,wherein the one or more symbols associated with the FD format are to betransmitted via one or more slots that occur, in time, before the timeperiod has elapsed, and performing the HD communication furthercomprises performing the HD communication in the one or more slots basedat least in part on the time period not having elapsed.

In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through third aspects, the time period is associated withpreparing the UE for the FD communication.

In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough fourth aspects, the time period is defined as at least one of afirst time period associated with a DCI decoding process, a second timeperiod associated with uplink transmission preparation, a third timeperiod associated with preparing the UE for the FD communication, or afourth time period associated with a bandwidth part switch time.

In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough fifth aspects, the time period is selected as a longest timeperiod of the first time period, the second time period, the third timeperiod, or the fourth time period.

In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through sixth aspects, performing the communication until the timeperiod has elapsed is in accordance with the second slot format frombefore the information indicating the first slot format was received.

In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventh aspects, process 600 includes receiving, from abase station, information configuring the time period.

In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough eighth aspects, process 600 includes transmitting capabilityinformation indicating a capability relating to the FD communication,wherein the time period is based at least in part on the capabilityinformation.

In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough ninth aspects, the capability relates to a mode switchinglatency for an FD mode.

In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through tenth aspects, the mode switching latency is measured as alength of time after receiving the information indicating the first slotformat.

In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eleventh aspects, the mode switching latency is measuredfrom transmission of an acknowledgment associated with the informationindicating the first slot format.

In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twelfth aspects, process 600 includes transmitting theacknowledgment, wherein the acknowledgment is a UE-specificacknowledgment for the information indicating the first slot format.

In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through thirteenth aspects, process 600 includes transmitting theacknowledgment on a resource associated with common feedback regardingthe information indicating the first slot format.

In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through fourteenth aspects, the information indicating the firstslot format is received on a carrier on which the FD communication andthe HD communication are performed, and the time period is measuredusing one of a first subcarrier spacing associated with a downlink ofthe FD communication or the HD communication, or a second subcarrierspacing associated with an uplink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication.

In a sixteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through fifteenth aspects, the information indicating the firstslot format is included in DCI received on a first carrier and the FDcommunication and the HD communication are performed on a secondcarrier, and the time period is measured using one of a first subcarrierspacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication, a second subcarrier spacing associated with an uplink ofthe FD communication or the HD communication, or a third subcarrierspacing of the DCI.

In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through sixteenth aspects, the time period is measured using asmallest or a largest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrierspacing, the second subcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Although FIG. 6 shows example blocks of process 600, in some aspects,process 600 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, differentblocks, or differently arranged blocks than those depicted in FIG. 6 .Additionally, or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 600may be performed in parallel.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example process 700 performed, forexample, by a base station, in accordance with the present disclosure.Example process 700 is an example where the base station (e.g., basestation 110) performs operations associated with techniques forapplication time for slot format update associated with HD and FD modeswitching.

As shown in FIG. 7 , in some aspects, process 700 may includetransmitting, to a UE, information indicating a first slot format,wherein the information indicates one or more symbols associated with anFD format (block 710). For example, the base station (e.g., usingcommunication manager 150 and/or transmission component 904, depicted inFIG. 9 ) may transmit, to a UE, information indicating a first slotformat, wherein the information indicates one or more symbols associatedwith an FD format, as described above.

As further shown in FIG. 7 , in some aspects, process 700 may includeperforming communication based on a second slot format until a timeperiod after reception of the information indicating the first slotformat by the UE, wherein the second slot format is prior to the firstslot format (block 720). For example, the base station (e.g., usingcommunication manager 150 and/or performance component 908, depicted inFIG. 9 ) may perform communication based on a second slot format until atime period after reception of the information indicating the first slotformat by the UE, wherein the second slot format is prior to the firstslot format, as described above.

As further shown in FIG. 7 , in some aspects, process 700 may includeperforming at least one of HD communication or FD communication inaccordance with the first slot format after the time period has elapsed(block 730). For example, the base station (e.g., using communicationmanager 150 and/or performance component 908, depicted in FIG. 9 ) mayperform at least one of half duplex (HD) communication or FDcommunication in accordance with the first slot format after the timeperiod has elapsed, as described above.

Process 700 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect orany combination of aspects described below and/or in connection with oneor more other processes described elsewhere herein.

In a first aspect, the information indicating the first slot formatincludes a slot format indicator in a group common DCI message.

In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, theinformation indicating the first slot format is associated with abandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UE DCI information.

In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstand second aspects, the first slot format is applied starting at a slotin which the information indicating the first slot format is received,wherein the one or more symbols associated with the FD format are to betransmitted via one or more slots that occur, in time, before the timeperiod has elapsed, and performing the HD communication furthercomprises performing the HD communication in the one or more slots basedat least in part on the time period not having elapsed.

In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through third aspects, the time period is associated withpreparing the UE for the FD communication.

In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough fourth aspects, the time period is defined as at least one of afirst time period associated with a DCI decoding process, a second timeperiod associated with uplink transmission preparation, a third timeperiod associated with preparing the UE for the FD communication, or afourth time period associated with a bandwidth part switch time.

In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough fifth aspects, the time period is selected as a longest timeperiod of the first time period, the second time period, the third timeperiod, or the fourth time period.

In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through sixth aspects, performing the HD communication until thetime period has elapsed is in accordance with the second slot formatfrom before the information indicating the first slot format wasreceived by the UE.

In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through seventh aspects, process 700 includes transmittinginformation configuring the time period.

In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough eighth aspects, process 700 includes receiving capabilityinformation indicating a capability relating to the FD communication,wherein the information configuring the time period is based at least inpart on the capability information.

In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the firstthrough ninth aspects, the capability relates to a mode switchinglatency for an FD mode.

In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through tenth aspects, the mode switching latency is measured as alength of time after receiving the information indicating the first slotformat.

In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through eleventh aspects, the mode switching latency is measuredfrom transmission of an acknowledgment associated with the informationindicating the first slot format.

In a thirteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through twelfth aspects, process 700 includes receiving theacknowledgment, wherein the acknowledgment is a UE-specificacknowledgment for the information indicating the first slot format.

In a fourteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through thirteenth aspects, process 700 includes receiving theacknowledgment on a resource associated with common feedback regardingthe information indicating the first slot format.

In a fifteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through fourteenth aspects, the information indicating the firstslot format is transmitted on a carrier on which the FD communicationand the HD communication are performed, and the time period is measuredusing one of a first subcarrier spacing associated with a downlink ofthe FD communication or the HD communication, or a second subcarrierspacing associated with an uplink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication.

In a sixteenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through fifteenth aspects, the information indicating the firstslot format is included in DCI transmitted on a first carrier and the FDcommunication and the HD communication are performed on a secondcarrier, and the time period is measured using one of a first subcarrierspacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication, a second subcarrier spacing associated with an uplink ofthe FD communication or the HD communication, or a third subcarrierspacing of the DCI.

In a seventeenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of thefirst through sixteenth aspects, the time period is measured using asmallest or a largest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrierspacing, the second subcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Although FIG. 7 shows example blocks of process 700, in some aspects,process 700 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, differentblocks, or differently arranged blocks than those depicted in FIG. 7 .Additionally, or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 700may be performed in parallel.

FIG. 8 is a diagram of an example apparatus 800 for wirelesscommunication. The apparatus 800 may be a UE, or a UE may include theapparatus 800. In some aspects, the apparatus 800 includes a receptioncomponent 802 and a transmission component 804, which may be incommunication with one another (for example, via one or more busesand/or one or more other components). As shown, the apparatus 800 maycommunicate with another apparatus 806 (such as a UE, a base station, oranother wireless communication device) using the reception component 802and the transmission component 804. As further shown, the apparatus 800may include the communication manager 140. The communication manager 140may include a performance component 808, among other examples.

In some aspects, the apparatus 800 may be configured to perform one ormore operations described herein in connection with FIGS. 4 and 5 .Additionally, or alternatively, the apparatus 800 may be configured toperform one or more processes described herein, such as process 600 ofFIG. 6 . In some aspects, the apparatus 800 and/or one or morecomponents shown in FIG. 8 may include one or more components of the UEdescribed in connection with FIG. 2 . Additionally, or alternatively,one or more components shown in FIG. 8 may be implemented within one ormore components described in connection with FIG. 2 . Additionally, oralternatively, one or more components of the set of components may beimplemented at least in part as software stored in a memory. Forexample, a component (or a portion of a component) may be implemented asinstructions or code stored in a non-transitory computer-readable mediumand executable by a controller or a processor to perform the functionsor operations of the component.

The reception component 802 may receive communications, such asreference signals, control information, data communications, or acombination thereof, from the apparatus 806. The reception component 802may provide received communications to one or more other components ofthe apparatus 800. In some aspects, the reception component 802 mayperform signal processing on the received communications (such asfiltering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion,demultiplexing, deinterleaving, de-mapping, equalization, interferencecancellation, or decoding, among other examples), and may provide theprocessed signals to the one or more other components of the apparatus806. In some aspects, the reception component 802 may include one ormore antennas, a modem, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receiveprocessor, a controller/processor, a memory, or a combination thereof,of the UE described in connection with FIG. 2 .

The transmission component 804 may transmit communications, such asreference signals, control information, data communications, or acombination thereof, to the apparatus 806. In some aspects, one or moreother components of the apparatus 806 may generate communications andmay provide the generated communications to the transmission component804 for transmission to the apparatus 806. In some aspects, thetransmission component 804 may perform signal processing on thegenerated communications (such as filtering, amplification, modulation,digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, orencoding, among other examples), and may transmit the processed signalsto the apparatus 806. In some aspects, the transmission component 804may include one or more antennas, a modem, a modulator, a transmit MIMOprocessor, a transmit processor, a controller/processor, a memory, or acombination thereof, of the UE described in connection with FIG. 2 . Insome aspects, the transmission component 804 may be co-located with thereception component 802 in a transceiver.

The reception component 802 may receive information indicating a firstslot format, wherein the information indicates one or more symbolsassociated with an FD format. The performance component 808 may performcommunication based on a second slot format until a time period afterthe reception of the information indicating the first slot format,wherein the second slot format is prior to the first slot format. Theperformance component 808 may perform at least one of HD communicationor FD communication in accordance with the first slot format after thetime period has elapsed.

The reception component 802 may receive, from a base station,information configuring the time period.

The transmission component 804 may transmit capability informationindicating a capability relating to the FD communication, wherein thetime period is based at least in part on the capability information.

The transmission component 804 may transmit the acknowledgment, whereinthe acknowledgment is a UE-specific acknowledgment for the informationindicating the first slot format.

The transmission component 804 may transmit the acknowledgment on aresource associated with common feedback regarding the informationindicating the first slot format.

The number and arrangement of components shown in FIG. 8 are provided asan example. In practice, there may be additional components, fewercomponents, different components, or differently arranged componentsthan those shown in FIG. 8 . Furthermore, two or more components shownin FIG. 8 may be implemented within a single component, or a singlecomponent shown in FIG. 8 may be implemented as multiple, distributedcomponents. Additionally, or alternatively, a set of (one or more)components shown in FIG. 8 may perform one or more functions describedas being performed by another set of components shown in FIG. 8 .

FIG. 9 is a diagram of an example apparatus 900 for wirelesscommunication. The apparatus 900 may be a base station, or a basestation may include the apparatus 900. In some aspects, the apparatus900 includes a reception component 902 and a transmission component 904,which may be in communication with one another (for example, via one ormore buses and/or one or more other components). As shown, the apparatus900 may communicate with another apparatus 906 (such as a UE, a basestation, or another wireless communication device) using the receptioncomponent 902 and the transmission component 904. As further shown, theapparatus 900 may include the communication manager 150. Thecommunication manager 150 may include a performance component 908, amongother examples.

In some aspects, the apparatus 900 may be configured to perform one ormore operations described herein in connection with FIGS. 4 and 5 .Additionally, or alternatively, the apparatus 900 may be configured toperform one or more processes described herein, such as process 700 ofFIG. 7 . In some aspects, the apparatus 900 and/or one or morecomponents shown in FIG. 9 may include one or more components of thebase station described in connection with FIG. 2 . Additionally, oralternatively, one or more components shown in FIG. 9 may be implementedwithin one or more components described in connection with FIG. 2 .Additionally, or alternatively, one or more components of the set ofcomponents may be implemented at least in part as software stored in amemory. For example, a component (or a portion of a component) may beimplemented as instructions or code stored in a non-transitorycomputer-readable medium and executable by a controller or a processorto perform the functions or operations of the component.

The reception component 902 may receive communications, such asreference signals, control information, data communications, or acombination thereof, from the apparatus 906. The reception component 902may provide received communications to one or more other components ofthe apparatus 900. In some aspects, the reception component 902 mayperform signal processing on the received communications (such asfiltering, amplification, demodulation, analog-to-digital conversion,demultiplexing, deinterleaving, de-mapping, equalization, interferencecancellation, or decoding, among other examples), and may provide theprocessed signals to the one or more other components of the apparatus906. In some aspects, the reception component 902 may include one ormore antennas, a modem, a demodulator, a MIMO detector, a receiveprocessor, a controller/processor, a memory, or a combination thereof,of the base station described in connection with FIG. 2 .

The transmission component 904 may transmit communications, such asreference signals, control information, data communications, or acombination thereof, to the apparatus 906. In some aspects, one or moreother components of the apparatus 906 may generate communications andmay provide the generated communications to the transmission component904 for transmission to the apparatus 906. In some aspects, thetransmission component 904 may perform signal processing on thegenerated communications (such as filtering, amplification, modulation,digital-to-analog conversion, multiplexing, interleaving, mapping, orencoding, among other examples), and may transmit the processed signalsto the apparatus 906. In some aspects, the transmission component 904may include one or more antennas, a modem, a modulator, a transmit MIMOprocessor, a transmit processor, a controller/processor, a memory, or acombination thereof, of the base station described in connection withFIG. 2 . In some aspects, the transmission component 904 may beco-located with the reception component 902 in a transceiver.

The transmission component 904 may transmit, to a UE, informationindicating a first slot format, wherein the information indicates one ormore symbols associated with an FD format. The performance component 908may perform communication based on a second slot format until a timeperiod after reception of the information indicating the first slotformat by the UE, wherein the second slot format is prior to the firstslot format. The performance component 908 may perform at least one ofHD communication or FD communication in accordance with the first slotformat after the time period has elapsed.

The transmission component 904 may transmit information configuring thetime period.

The reception component 902 may receive capability informationindicating a capability relating to the FD communication, wherein theinformation configuring the time period is based at least in part on thecapability information.

The reception component 902 may receive the acknowledgment, wherein theacknowledgment is a UE-specific acknowledgment for the informationindicating the first slot format.

The reception component 902 may receive the acknowledgment on a resourceassociated with common feedback regarding the information indicating thefirst slot format.

The number and arrangement of components shown in FIG. 9 are provided asan example. In practice, there may be additional components, fewercomponents, different components, or differently arranged componentsthan those shown in FIG. 9 . Furthermore, two or more components shownin FIG. 9 may be implemented within a single component, or a singlecomponent shown in FIG. 9 may be implemented as multiple, distributedcomponents. Additionally, or alternatively, a set of (one or more)components shown in FIG. 9 may perform one or more functions describedas being performed by another set of components shown in FIG. 9 .

The following provides an overview of some Aspects of the presentdisclosure:

Aspect 1: A method of wireless communication performed by a UE,comprising: receiving information indicating a first slot format,wherein the information indicates one or more symbols associated with anFD format; and performing communication based on a second slot formatuntil a time period after the reception of the information indicatingthe first slot format, wherein the second slot format is prior to thefirst slot format; and performing at least one of HD communication or FDcommunication in accordance with the first slot format after the timeperiod has elapsed.

Aspect 2: The method of Aspect 1, wherein the information indicating thefirst slot format includes a slot format indicator in a group common DCImessage.

Aspect 3: The method of one or more of Aspects 1 and 2, wherein theinformation indicating the first slot format is associated with abandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UE dedicated downlinkcontrol information.

Aspect 4: The method of one or more of Aspects 1 through 3, wherein thefirst slot format is applied starting at a slot in which the informationindicating the first slot format is received, wherein the one or moresymbols associated with the FD format are to be transmitted via one ormore slots that occur, in time, before the time period has elapsed, andwherein performing the HD communication further comprises: performingthe HD communication in the one or more slots based at least in part onthe time period not having elapsed.

Aspect 5: The method of Aspect 4, wherein the time period is associatedwith preparing the UE for the FD communication.

Aspect 6: The method of one or more of Aspects 1 through 5, wherein thetime period is defined as at least one of: a first time periodassociated with a DCI decoding process, a second time period associatedwith uplink transmission preparation, a third time period associatedwith preparing the UE for the FD communication, or a fourth time periodassociated with a bandwidth part switch time.

Aspect 7: The method of Aspect 6, wherein the time period is selected asa longest time period of the first time period, the second time period,the third time period, or the fourth time period.

Aspect 8: The method of one or more of Aspects 1 through 7, whereinperforming the communication until the time period has elapsed is inaccordance with the second slot format from before the informationindicating the first slot format was received.

Aspect 9: The method of one or more of Aspects 1 through 8, furthercomprising: receiving, from a base station, information configuring thetime period.

Aspect 10: The method of one or more of Aspects 1 through 9, furthercomprising: transmitting capability information indicating a capabilityrelating to the FD communication, wherein the time period is based atleast in part on the capability information.

Aspect 11: The method of Aspect 10, wherein the capability relates to amode switching latency for an FD mode.

Aspect 12: The method of Aspect 11, wherein the mode switching latencyis measured as a length of time after receiving the informationindicating the first slot format.

Aspect 13: The method of Aspect 11, wherein the mode switching latencyis measured from transmission of an acknowledgment associated with theinformation indicating the first slot format.

Aspect 14: The method of Aspect 13, further comprising: transmitting theacknowledgment, wherein the acknowledgment is a UE-specificacknowledgment for the information indicating the first slot format.

Aspect 15: The method of Aspect 13, further comprising: transmitting theacknowledgment on a resource associated with common feedback regardingthe information indicating the first slot format.

Aspect 16: The method of one or more of Aspects 1 through 15, whereinthe information indicating the first slot format is received on acarrier on which the FD communication and the HD communication areperformed, and wherein the time period is measured using one of: a firstsubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication orthe HD communication, or a second subcarrier spacing associated with anuplink of the FD communication or the HD communication.

Aspect 17: The method of one or more of Aspects 1 through 16, whereinthe information indicating the first slot format is included in DCIreceived on a first carrier and the FD communication and the HDcommunication are performed on a second carrier, and wherein the timeperiod is measured using one of: a first subcarrier spacing associatedwith a downlink of the FD communication or the HD communication, asecond subcarrier spacing associated with an uplink of the FDcommunication or the HD communication, or a third subcarrier spacing ofthe DCI.

Aspect 18: The method of Aspect 17, wherein the time period is measuredusing a smallest or a largest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrierspacing, the second subcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Aspect 19: A method of wireless communication performed by a basestation, comprising: transmitting, to a UE, information indicating afirst slot format, wherein the information indicates one or more symbolsassociated with an FD format; and performing communication based on asecond slot format until a time period after reception of theinformation indicating the first slot format by the UE, wherein thesecond slot format is prior to the first slot format; and performing atleast one of HD communication or FD communication in accordance with thefirst slot format after the time period has elapsed.

Aspect 20: The method of Aspect 19, wherein the information indicatingthe first slot format includes a slot format indicator in a group commonDCI message.

Aspect 21: The method of one or more of Aspects 19 and 20, wherein theinformation indicating the first slot format is associated with abandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UE dedicated downlinkcontrol information.

Aspect 22: The method of one or more of Aspects 19 through 21, whereinthe first slot format is applied starting at a slot in which theinformation indicating the first slot format is received, wherein theone or more symbols associated with the FD format are to be transmittedvia one or more slots that occur, in time, before the time period haselapsed, and wherein performing the HD communication further comprises:performing the HD communication in the one or more slots based at leastin part on the time period not having elapsed.

Aspect 23: The method of Aspect 22, wherein the time period isassociated with preparing the UE for the FD communication.

Aspect 24: The method of one or more of Aspects 19 through 23, whereinthe time period is defined as at least one of: a first time periodassociated with a DCI decoding process, a second time period associatedwith uplink transmission preparation, a third time period associatedwith preparing the UE for the FD communication, or a fourth time periodassociated with a bandwidth part switch time.

Aspect 25: The method of Aspect 24, wherein the time period is selectedas a longest time period of the first time period, the second timeperiod, the third time period, or the fourth time period.

Aspect 26: The method of one or more of Aspects 19 through 25, whereinperforming the HD communication until the time period has elapsed is inaccordance with the second slot format from before the informationindicating the first slot format was received by the UE.

Aspect 27: The method of one or more of Aspects 19 through 26, furthercomprising: transmitting information configuring the time period.

Aspect 28: The method of Aspect 27, further comprising: receivingcapability information indicating a capability relating to the FDcommunication, wherein the information configuring the time period isbased at least in part on the capability information.

Aspect 29: The method of Aspect 28, wherein the capability relates to amode switching latency for an FD mode.

Aspect 30: The method of Aspect 29, wherein the mode switching latencyis measured as a length of time after receiving the informationindicating the first slot format.

Aspect 31: The method of Aspect 29, wherein the mode switching latencyis measured from transmission of an acknowledgment associated with theinformation indicating the first slot format.

Aspect 32: The method of Aspect 31, further comprising: receiving theacknowledgment, wherein the acknowledgment is a UE-specificacknowledgment for the information indicating the first slot format.

Aspect 33: The method of Aspect 31, further comprising: receiving theacknowledgment on a resource associated with common feedback regardingthe information indicating the first slot format.

Aspect 34: The method of one or more of Aspects 19 through 33, whereinthe information indicating the first slot format is transmitted on acarrier on which the FD communication and the HD communication areperformed, and wherein the time period is measured using one of: a firstsubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication orthe HD communication, or a second subcarrier spacing associated with anuplink of the FD communication or the HD communication.

Aspect 35: The method of one or more of Aspects 19 through 34, whereinthe information indicating the first slot format is included in DCItransmitted on a first carrier and the FD communication and the HDcommunication are performed on a second carrier, and wherein the timeperiod is measured using one of: a first subcarrier spacing associatedwith a downlink of the FD communication or the HD communication, asecond subcarrier spacing associated with an uplink of the FDcommunication or the HD communication, or a third subcarrier spacing ofthe DCI.

Aspect 36: The method of Aspect 35, wherein the time period is measuredusing a smallest or a largest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrierspacing, the second subcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.

Aspect 37: An apparatus for wireless communication at a device,comprising a processor; memory coupled with the processor; andinstructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor tocause the apparatus to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 1through 18.

Aspect 38: A device for wireless communication, comprising a memory andone or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processorsconfigured to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 1 through 18.

Aspect 39: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at leastone means for performing the method of one or more of Aspects 1 through18.

Aspect 40: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code forwireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by aprocessor to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 1 through 18.

Aspect 41: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set ofinstructions for wireless communication, the set of instructionscomprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or moreprocessors of a device, cause the device to perform the method of one ormore of Aspects 1 through 18.

Aspect 42: An apparatus for wireless communication at a device,comprising a processor; memory coupled with the processor; andinstructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor tocause the apparatus to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 19through 36.

Aspect 43: A device for wireless communication, comprising a memory andone or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processorsconfigured to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 19 through36.

Aspect 44: An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at leastone means for performing the method of one or more of Aspects 19 through36.

Aspect 45: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code forwireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by aprocessor to perform the method of one or more of Aspects 19 through 36.

Aspect 46: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set ofinstructions for wireless communication, the set of instructionscomprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or moreprocessors of a device, cause the device to perform the method of one ormore of Aspects 19 through 36.

The foregoing disclosure provides illustration and description but isnot intended to be exhaustive or to limit the aspects to the preciseforms disclosed. Modifications and variations may be made in light ofthe above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of the aspects.

As used herein, the term “component” is intended to be broadly construedas hardware and/or a combination of hardware and software. “Software”shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code,code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules,applications, software applications, software packages, routines,subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures,and/or functions, among other examples, whether referred to as software,firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, orotherwise. As used herein, a “processor” is implemented in hardwareand/or a combination of hardware and software. It will be apparent thatsystems and/or methods described herein may be implemented in differentforms of hardware and/or a combination of hardware and software. Theactual specialized control hardware or software code used to implementthese systems and/or methods is not limiting of the aspects. Thus, theoperation and behavior of the systems and/or methods are describedherein without reference to specific software code, since those skilledin the art will understand that software and hardware can be designed toimplement the systems and/or methods based, at least in part, on thedescription herein.

As used herein, “satisfying a threshold” may, depending on the context,refer to a value being greater than the threshold, greater than or equalto the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to thethreshold, equal to the threshold, not equal to the threshold, or thelike.

Even though particular combinations of features are recited in theclaims and/or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are notintended to limit the disclosure of various aspects. Many of thesefeatures may be combined in ways not specifically recited in the claimsand/or disclosed in the specification. The disclosure of various aspectsincludes each dependent claim in combination with every other claim inthe claim set. As used herein, a phrase referring to “at least one of” alist of items refers to any combination of those items, including singlemembers. As an example, “at least one of: a, b, or c” is intended tocover a, b, c, a+b, a+c, b+c, and a+b+c, as well as any combination withmultiples of the same element (e.g., a+a, a+a+a, a+a+b, a+a+c, a+b+b,a+c+c, b+b, b+b+b, b+b+c, c+c, and c+c+c, or any other ordering of a, b,and c).

No element, act, or instruction used herein should be construed ascritical or essential unless explicitly described as such. Also, as usedherein, the articles “a” and “an” are intended to include one or moreitems and may be used interchangeably with “one or more.” Further, asused herein, the article “the” is intended to include one or more itemsreferenced in connection with the article “the” and may be usedinterchangeably with “the one or more.” Furthermore, as used herein, theterms “set” and “group” are intended to include one or more items andmay be used interchangeably with “one or more.” Where only one item isintended, the phrase “only one” or similar language is used. Also, asused herein, the terms “has,” “have,” “having,” or the like are intendedto be open-ended terms that do not limit an element that they modify(e.g., an element “having” A may also have B). Further, the phrase“based on” is intended to mean “based, at least in part, on” unlessexplicitly stated otherwise. Also, as used herein, the term “or” isintended to be inclusive when used in a series and may be usedinterchangeably with “and/or,” unless explicitly stated otherwise (e.g.,if used in combination with “either” or “only one of”).

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of wireless communication performed by auser equipment (UE), comprising: receiving information indicating afirst slot format, wherein the information indicates one or more symbolsassociated with a full duplex (FD) format; and performing communicationbased on a second slot format until a time period has elapsed after thereception of the information indicating the first slot format, whereinthe second slot format is prior to the first slot format; and performingat least one of half duplex (HD) communication or FD communication inaccordance with the first slot format after the time period has elapsed.2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicating the firstslot format includes a slot format indicator in a group common downlinkcontrol information message.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein theinformation indicating the first slot format is associated with abandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UE dedicated downlinkcontrol information.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first slotformat is applied starting at a slot in which the information indicatingthe first slot format is received, wherein the one or more symbolsassociated with the FD format are to be transmitted via one or moreslots that occur, in time, before the time period has elapsed, andwherein performing the HD communication further comprises: performingthe HD communication in the one or more slots based at least in part onthe time period not having elapsed.
 5. The method of claim 4, whereinthe time period is associated with preparing the UE for the FDcommunication.
 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the time period isdefined as at least one of: a first time period associated with adownlink control information decoding process, a second time periodassociated with uplink transmission preparation, a third time periodassociated with preparing the UE for the FD communication, or a fourthtime period associated with a bandwidth part switch time.
 7. The methodof claim 6, wherein the time period is selected as a longest time periodof the first time period, the second time period, the third time period,or the fourth time period.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein performingthe communication until the time period has elapsed is in accordancewith the second slot format from before the information indicating thefirst slot format was received.
 9. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: receiving, from a base station, information configuring thetime period.
 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmittingcapability information indicating a capability relating to the FDcommunication, wherein the time period is based at least in part on thecapability information.
 11. The method of claim 10, wherein thecapability relates to a mode switching latency for an FD mode.
 12. Themethod of claim 11, wherein the mode switching latency is measured as alength of time after receiving the information indicating the first slotformat.
 13. The method of claim 11, wherein the mode switching latencyis measured from transmission of an acknowledgment associated with theinformation indicating the first slot format.
 14. The method of claim13, further comprising: transmitting the acknowledgment, wherein theacknowledgment is a UE-specific acknowledgment for the informationindicating the first slot format.
 15. The method of claim 13, furthercomprising: transmitting the acknowledgment on a resource associatedwith common feedback regarding the information indicating the first slotformat.
 16. The method of claim 1, wherein the information indicatingthe first slot format is received on a carrier on which the FDcommunication and the HD communication are performed, and wherein thetime period is measured using one of: a first subcarrier spacingassociated with a downlink of the FD communication or the HDcommunication, or a second subcarrier spacing associated with an uplinkof the FD communication or the HD communication.
 17. The method of claim1, wherein the information indicating the first slot format is includedin downlink control information received on a first carrier and the FDcommunication and the HD communication are performed on a secondcarrier, and wherein the time period is measured using one of: a firstsubcarrier spacing associated with a downlink of the FD communication orthe HD communication, a second subcarrier spacing associated with anuplink of the FD communication or the HD communication, or a thirdsubcarrier spacing of the downlink control information.
 18. The methodof claim 17, wherein the time period is measured using a smallest or alargest subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrier spacing, the secondsubcarrier spacing, or the third subcarrier spacing.
 19. A method ofwireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information indicating a firstslot format, wherein the information indicates one or more symbolsassociated with a full duplex (FD) format; and performing communicationbased on a second slot format until a time period after reception of theinformation indicating the first slot format by the UE, wherein thesecond slot format is prior to the first slot format; and performing atleast one of half duplex (HD) communication or FD communication inaccordance with the first slot format after the time period has elapsed.20. The method of claim 19, wherein the information indicating the firstslot format includes a slot format indicator in a group common downlinkcontrol information message.
 21. The method of claim 19, wherein thefirst slot format is applied starting at a slot in which the informationindicating the first slot format is received, wherein the one or moresymbols associated with the FD format are to be transmitted via one ormore slots that occur, in time, before the time period has elapsed, andwherein performing the HD communication further comprises: performingthe HD communication in the one or more slots based at least in part onthe time period not having elapsed.
 22. The method of claim 19, whereinthe time period is defined as at least one of: a first time periodassociated with a downlink control information decoding process, asecond time period associated with uplink transmission preparation, athird time period associated with preparing the UE for the FDcommunication, or a fourth time period associated with a bandwidth partswitch time.
 23. The method of claim 19, wherein performing the HDcommunication until the time period has elapsed is in accordance withthe second slot format from before the information indicating the firstslot format was received by the UE.
 24. The method of claim 19, furthercomprising: transmitting information configuring the time period.
 25. Anapparatus of a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication,comprising: a memory; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory,configured to: receive information indicating a first slot format,wherein the information indicates one or more symbols associated with afull duplex (FD) format; and perform communication based on a secondslot format until a time period after the reception of the informationindicating the first slot format, wherein the second slot format isprior to the first slot format; and perform at least one of half duplex(HD) communication or FD communication in accordance with the first slotformat after the time period has elapsed.
 26. The apparatus of claim 25,wherein the information indicating the first slot format includes a slotformat indicator in a group common downlink control information message.27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the information indicating thefirst slot format is associated with a bandwidth part switch with a slotformat change in UE dedicated downlink control information.
 28. Anapparatus of a base station for wireless communication, comprising: amemory; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configuredto: transmit, to a user equipment (UE), information indicating a firstslot format, wherein the information indicates one or more symbolsassociated with a full duplex (FD) format; and perform communicationbased on a second slot format until a time period after reception of theinformation indicating the first slot format by the UE, wherein thesecond slot format is prior to the first slot format; and perform atleast one of half duplex (HD) communication or FD communication inaccordance with the first slot format after the time period has elapsed.29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the information indicating thefirst slot format includes a slot format indicator in a group commondownlink control information message.
 30. The apparatus of claim 28,wherein the information indicating the first slot format is associatedwith a bandwidth part switch with a slot format change in UE dedicateddownlink control information.